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Millions of songbirds in Southeast Asia are trapped and smuggled each year for keeping as pets or entering in competitions.

The Noronha skink arrived on the island millions of years ago from Africa, likely on floating masses of vegetation carried by ...

Ancient deep-sea organisms suggest movement, sexual reproduction, and complex animal life began earlier than previously thought.

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A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...

Zoo officials say protecting a vulnerable cat species may depend on stopping a data center next door.

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